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Ontario

Doug Ford

In office

Premier

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

2,097 days in office

Ontario's 42nd Parliament
07 Jun 2018 - 03 May 2022

Ontario's 43rd Parliament
24 Jun 2022 - Present

The 2022 Ontario general election was held on June 2, 2022 to elect the 124 members of the 43rd Parliament of Ontario. The Progressive Conservative (PC) Party of Ontario, led by Doug Ford, won a majority government with 83 of the 124 seats in the legislature. The incumbent party, they increased their seat share from 76 in the 2018 election. They campaigned on a slogan to “get it done,” pledging to build highways and transit infrastructure and open up the “Ring of Fire,” a mineral-rich area in northern Ontario. Instead of an election platform, the Ontario PC Party presented its promises on its website in the form of press releases throughout the campaign.

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Secrétariat du Québec aux relations canadiennes

Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship

Promise History

Government and Democracy

Ontario's 43rd Parliament

1.07.05 - “Eliminate enormous salaries at Ontario Power Generation”

For The People: A Plan for Ontario

Published: Jun 2018

Justification

In the 2021 Sunshine List, which discloses public sector employee earnings over $100,000, the top four highest paid employees were from Ontario Power Generation. As there is no evidence that the Ontario govenrment has acted on the promise to reduce salaries at Ontario Power Generation, this promise is considered broken.

“Executives at Ontario Power Generation made up the top four highest-paid public employees in the province in 2021, according to the province’s annual ‘sunshine list.’”

Ontario Power Generation executives top province’s ‘sunshine list’

Published: Mar 2022

Justification

On the 2020 Sunshine List, an annual disclosure of public sector employees who earn $100,000 or more, six of the top ten highest paid employees listed were from Ontario Power Generation. Based on the information that is publicly available, there is no evidence to support that the Ontario government has acted on this promise. The promise is therefore not yet rated.

“Ontario Power Generation’s president Kenneth Hartwick recorded the highest salary of all public sector employees in Ontario, pulling in $1.2 million in 2020 – OPG executives took six of the top ten spots for a combined $5.7 million in compensation, not including benefits.”